Abstract | INTRODUCTION: Typhi is one of the rickettsial species endemic in the Mediterranean countries and is associated with the zoonotic infection of murine typhus, which may have a complicated course especially in adult patients. The association with macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) has rarely been reported in the medical literature. CASE REPORT: CONCLUSION: The murine typhus can be exceptionally complicated with SAM. This infection should be suspected in front of the discovery of SAM.
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Authors | C Loussaief, A Toumi, H Ben Brahim, A Aouam, M Kairallah, M Chakroun |
Journal | Pathologie-biologie
(Pathol Biol (Paris))
Vol. 62
Issue 1
Pg. 55-6
(Feb 2014)
ISSN: 1768-3114 [Electronic] France |
Vernacular Title | Syndrome d'activation macrophagique: complication rare de typhus murin. |
PMID | 24461392
(Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
- Doxycycline
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Topics |
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
(therapeutic use)
- Anemia
(etiology, therapy)
- Antibodies, Bacterial
(blood)
- Blood Component Transfusion
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
(complications)
- Doxycycline
(therapeutic use)
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Exanthema
(etiology)
- Female
- Fever
(etiology)
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
(therapeutic use)
- Macrophage Activation
- Middle Aged
- Retinitis
(etiology)
- Rickettsia typhi
(immunology)
- Syndrome
- Thrombocytopenia
(etiology, therapy)
- Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne
(complications, diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, microbiology)
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